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President Isaias's 2026 Independence Day speech is a masterclass in strategic communication. It is calm, analytical, and evidence-based. It does not rant. It does not threaten. It simply states the truth as Eritrea sees it. The US-led unipolar order is unsustainable. Trump's policies are erratic, self-defeating, and based on miscalculation. The old global system must be replaced by a new one founded on fairness and justice. Eritrea will not be a client state. It will be a partner—on its own terms. The blast against bellicosity is no outburst. It is a precise incision—directed at the very core of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. The speech is a declaration of power. Eritrea is telling the United States: We are not a client state. We are not a pawn. We are a sovereign nation with our own interests, principles, and leverage. If there is to be cooperation, it will happen on the basis of mutual respect—not submission. The real question has always been: Why were sanctions imposed in the first place? Why create a federation and spend decades undermining Eritrea’s very existence? President Isaias Afwerki does not dwell on the question—he answers it through reality itself. The sanctions failed. Eritrea endured. And now it is the United States seeking engagement with Asmara, not the other way around. That is the true culmination of the struggle. Not independence on paper. But independence in practice. In reality Eritrea will proactively pursue an alternative roadmap for global governance founded on fairness and regional autonomy rather than reacting to Washington's conditions. Yesterday, during the Independence Day celebrations, many people were asking this question—and this is how I see it. #EritreaShinesAt35 #Eritrea